the Oxford Scientist
Schools Competition We are pleased to announce the results of our Michaelmas
Winner
Term 2019 School Science Writing Competition. We re‐ Cecilia : The Tale of Two Elements ceived 254 entries from school students across the UK in Jake
Pugsley,
Year
13,
The
Cotswold
School,
Years 11-13, written to an incredibly high standard. The Gloucestershire topic of the competition was “an unsung hero of science”. The winning article, selected by our panel of judges, was
Runners-Up
Cecilia: The Tale of Two Elements, by Jake Pugsley, Year 13, Ibn Sina: the Father of Modern Medicine...Who? The Cotswold School, Gloucestershire. Jake will receive a £50 Mahma Hyder, Year 13, Wisbech Grammar School, Amazon voucher. Eight runner-up articles were also selected Norfolk by our judges, and will be published alongside the winning article on our website www.oxsci.org.
Charles Richard Drew: the Father of Blood Banking Dionne Jeevarajah, Year 13, Norwich High School for Girls, Norfolk
Judges Ashvina Segaran is a breast surgeon in training who’s
decided to trade in the scalpel for a pipette. She is currently Edward W. Morley: the Michelson-Morley Experiment and its doing a DPhil in Clinical Medicine, and her research is on Successful Legacy of Failure obesity
and
breast
cancer;
particularly
the
tumour Kitty Joyce, Year 12, Oxford High School, Oxfordshire
microenvironment and nucleotide metabolism. Jocelyn Bell Burnell: a Pulsar Pioneer Carolyn Ten Holter has a background in law, library science Divya Kartik, Year 12, Guildford High School, Surrey and communications. She now works on responsible innovation
techniques
and
her
research
focuses
responsible quantum computing.
on Glavny Konstruktor (the Chief Designer) Jakub Sypek, Year 12, Peter Symonds
College,
Hampshire Danielle Perro is a DPhil student in Women's and Reproductive health, where she focuses on endometriosis- Mileva Maric: Eclipsed by her Husband associated pain. In addition to her studies, Danielle is involved Krishna Gowda, Year 11, Merchant Taylors Boys School in science communication and uses her platform, whether it Crosby, Merseyside be twitter or FameLab, to talk about all things women's health, ranging from endometriosis to menstruation.
Yuan Longping: China’s Father of Hybrid Rice Christina Jiang, Year 11, The Blue Coat School,
Jacqueline Gill is a DPhil student in Evolutionary Merseyside Microbiology. She was a co-founder of the Oxford Scientist magazine, established the first national Oxford Scientist Alfred Russel Wallace: The Natural Selection for the Unsung school science writing competition, and has continued Hero of Science running the competition ever since.
Mirela Smolenska, Year 11, Benenden School, Kent
Should we focus on fixing our planet or move to a new one? For a chance to win a prize and have your piece published in the Oxford Scientist, send us your thoughts as a 700-word essay by Friday 24th January. Open to all UK students in Years 11 to 13. To submit, or for more information, email competition@oxsci.org go to our website oxsci.org. If your school, sixth form or college would like to subscribe to the Oxford Scientist, please contact editor@oxsci.org. 18
